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Candidate Filing Period Opens Nov. 13 for Local Elections Next March 5

Local Election Notice Issued; Candidate Filing Period Opens Nov. 13

PASADENA, Calif.—The Pasadena City Clerk’s Office today issued the Notice for the March 5, 2013 Primary Nominating Election for the City Council and the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD).

Pasadena’s eligible voters will be able to participate next year in electing local representatives for Pasadena’s City Council Districts 3, 5 and 7 and for PUSD Board of Education members representing the newly formed District Seats 1, 3, 5 and 7. Candidates for both City Council and PUSD will be vying for four-year terms each.

For candidates, the official nomination period opens Nov. 13 and closes Dec. 7, 2012 for both the City and PUSD elections.Go online to www.cityofpasadena.net/cityclerk/election for election information or call the City Clerk’s Office at (626) 744-4124. The City’s web page will be regularly updated as candidates file nomination papers and if local measures are added to the ballot.

Workshops for candidates in both City Council and PUSD elections will be conducted by the City Clerk and held at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13 and at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave. Room S228.

Poll workers and accessible polling sites are needed for the March 5, 2013 consolidated City and PUSD primary election and the April 16, 2013 general municipal election.If you speak Chinese, Korean or Spanish, you are especially needed!Poll workers provide a critical community service to the election process.Call the City Clerk’s Office to help your community with the upcoming elections by signing up today as a poll worker or to host a polling site!